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Hey lads, so im a huge fan of Half Life and Valve games. 1 Problem, ive never played em. Wellll Im getting a new Macbook Air some time this year and I wanna know, What valve game should I start with? (Before yall flame me, the new M1 Macbook Air is very capable of games lmfao)

ordinarychicken
ordinarychicken
Apr 21, 2022

half life 2 and the episodes, half life, left 4 dead, left 4 dead 2, day of defeat: source and a bunch more

λlex
λlex
Apr 21, 2022

Ricochet!

BBPoltergiest
BBPoltergiest
Apr 21, 2022

Hmmm, looks alright. But I might not. Ill see though!

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λlex
λlex
Apr 21, 2022

That was actually a joke tbh - I would really just recommend playing all the games in release order (Half-Life, Opposing Force, Blue Shift, Half-Life 2, Ep 1, Ep2).

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BBPoltergiest
BBPoltergiest
Apr 21, 2022

KNEW IT lmfao, yeah i alr knew it was bad but i wasnt sure but hey idc. I just didnt wanna come off as an asshole. But yeah I probably will play em in release order, and if I manage to rake up a bit more cash, im probably gonna get the valve collection bundle. So i can play them all!

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Agent Braise
Agent Braise
Apr 21, 2022

Admittedly you might want to actually play Blue Shift before Opposing Force, the gameplay/style of Blue Shift is much closer to HL1 than Opposing Force is, and the content difference may give a better appreciation for what Opposing Force brings to the table! Overall it might give a better overall experience of the trilogy. The stories of BS and OF don't tie in together, so you don't need to worry about that, either.

Normal Headcrab
Normal Headcrab
Apr 21, 2022

I started with portal, then just recently I got into half-life and Garry’s mod.

Pomi108
Pomi108
Apr 21, 2022

Just how exactly are you planning to play valve games when most of them are 32-bit and macOS hasn't supported 32-bit apps since Catalina? :P

Pomi108
Pomi108
Apr 21, 2022

And you can't use bootcamp either, since – surprise surprise – it's the M1. Good luck with this.

BBPoltergiest
BBPoltergiest
Apr 21, 2022

that is true lol. i hate apple for this. But im guessing there might be a way to Bypass this. But hey, theres always the way you can switch between OS installs on Mac...

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BBPoltergiest
BBPoltergiest
Apr 21, 2022

just thinking, couldnt i use Black Mesa? The fan remake?

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Pomi108
Pomi108
Apr 22, 2022

Nope, that's windows and linux only.

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BBPoltergiest
BBPoltergiest
Apr 22, 2022

really? :(

Test Subject 29
Test Subject 29
Apr 21, 2022

Great, good to know that you actually can game on a Mac! Now I won’t have to get a PC for any reason at all!